How many risk managers have extreme weather events at the top of their worry list? Not too many, one would expect – unless they are in the insurance or building sectors, or are a local council, or something similar.

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The UK’s corporate governance framework has not fundamentally changed in over 25 years. But expectations of what it should achieve have. That is why the governance body ICSA has launched a major review of corporate governance reform.

While the Read more

Corporate crises come thick and fast. And when disaster strikes, it destroys companies, shareholder value and reputations in equal measure.

As Anthony Fitzsimmons and Derek Atkins argue in their recent book – Rethinking reputational risk – uncertainty is entirely Read more

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) employed a tough new weapon for cracking down on competition abuse. Just before Christmas, it disqualified a director of a company for the first time.

The case involved Daniel Aston, the managing Read more

If 2016 was the year when fake news became – well, news – then 2017 seems to be a time for reflection and analysis. Several commentators in the press have started to ask, how does fake news – such Read more

Over the past few years, fines doled out to companies by regulators have rocketed. Banks, energy companies and others have received record-breaking fines for not following rules. Last year for instance, the US Department of Justice fined BP over Read more